Tractor



y L. KRiNG.

TRACTOR.

APPLiCATlON HLED SEPT-12,1918.

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Patented Jan. '27, 1920.

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TRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 2'3, 1926 Application filed September 12, 1918. Serial No. 253,679.

for its main object to provide atractor of eliicient construction and capable of being employed in manifold capacities in connection with agricultural pursuits.

Another object resides in a farm tractor of wide utility possessing substantial and practical features of construction, ease of operation sud control end one wherein improved provided for drawing and regulating; the operation of coopemtive plow unifies, so that the depth of operation of the units when plowing soil may be readily varied and meinteined in such adjusted positioris, and to provide further means for lifting the plow units from the soil sltogether.

A further object resides in tractor wherein is provided e main frame upon which is supported the power plant, said frame being further provided with traction mechsnisr'u and with a plurality of hoisting drums, utilized in, el'lecting the operation of mechanism coiiperctive with the tractor, and motion imparting means of e novel char ester being situated to transmit motion from the power plant to the traction mechanism end to the hoisting drum, said means being of Zb\l3l1 l-1'&Cllfil$ to render the action of the hoisting drums powerful and reliable in operation and further capable of independ ently actuating said drums end the traction mechanism.

Other objects of this invention and the features of construction thereof are clearly presented in the following description, when the letter is read in connection. with the socorupanying sheets of drawing, forming a port of this specification, and in which simi-' lar characters (if-reference denote'like and corresponding parts throughout the several views t 'eof.

In the drewings:

Figure 1 is a. vertical sectional-view taken through the tractor comprising the present invention, and

Fig. 2 is a top plen'view thereof. in the form of my invention exemplified in the accompanying drawings, there is provided a main frmne or bed 1, which may be of any desired construction or formed from any suitable materials, and while wooden beams have been shown as constituting the frame, it will be appreciated that the some may be formed from n'letel if desired.

Mounted upon. the forward end of this frame 1s u power plant 20f any suitable character, the some preferably being in the form of am, mternal' combustion engine and is provided with the usual crane case 3, cylinders 1 and fly wheel and transmission hor xsiug; 5. The forward end of the shaft 6 of the engine may be equipped, as shown in Fig. 1, with a pulley wheel 7, the latter being adapted to be employed for driving various forms of farm machinery.

To effect the-steering of the tractor, l have shown for purposes of illustration an oscillatory axle member 8, which is centrally pivoted as at 9 to the frame 1." The ends of this member are equipped with. steering wheels 10 of any suitable construction and are free to rotate upon the ends of said axle member. Conventional means have been disclosed for controlling the steering move ments of the axle member and consists of a rotatable drum 11, mounted in suitable been huge depending from the sides of the frame 1. Over this drum is passed :1 chain 12, which has its extremities secured as at 13 to said 8318 member. It will. be seen that by rotating the drum, the chain 12 will be operated in the usual manner to oscillate said u-Xle member. The druui in this iristuuce is equipped with a worm gear 14: which meshes with a similar gear 15 car ried upon the forward end of a steering shaft 16, the latter lee-ding toward the rear; 7

19. This worm is provided with e clutch with e sliding clutch.

face 20 for cooperation member 21 feathered t0 the shaft 18. It will be seen that by coupling the member 21 with the worm gear, the letter will be rotated in unison with the drive shaft. To

effect this adjustment, use ismade of a shaft upon a superposedior auxiliary frame 23 carried by thcmem frame 1. Th1s shaft 22 is equipped with depending crank menu'- 22 which extends transversely of the frame '1 and is mounted for rocking movement bers 24, which are connected with the loose ring of the clutch member 21, so that upon the oscillation of the shaft 22, (comrative sliding movement will be imparted to the clutch member 21, thus causing the latter'to be forced into or out of engagement with the clutch face 20 of the gear 19. In order to rock the shaft 22, the latter is provided on one side at a point above its pivotal connection with a frame 5, 3 with an upstanding crank arm 26, to which is connected a longitudinally extending link member This i'i'ien'iber extends rearwardly of the tractor and is connected at its rear end with a lever 28-. This lever is mounted for pivotal movement as at 2i) and cooperates by means of a spring pressed latch with a notched segment 30, whereby controlled and adjusted movement may be imparted to the sliding clutch member 21, and the latter may thus be securely retained in or out of engagement with the clutch face 20. The segment 30 is preferably mounted upon one of a pair of upstanding posts 31 forming a part of the auxiliary frame 23, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Meshing with the gear 19 is a gear 32, which latter is fixedly carried upon a transversely extending shaft 33, mounted for rotation in fixed bearings 34- carried by the frame 23, whereby upon the rotation of the worm gear 19 similar and reduced motion Will be imparted to the gear 32. Also carried by the shaft 33 and located contiguous to the gear 32 is a pinion 35 which is disposed to mesh with an enlarged gear 36 carried by a drum shaft 37, this latter shztft being disposed to extend parallel with the gear shaft 33 and is also mounted for rota tion in suitable bearings 38 carried by the auxiliary frame. It will thus be manifest thatwhen the clutch member 21 is in en gageinent with the clutch face 20, motion will be imparted from the power plant 2 to the shaft 37. Carried by the shaft 37 and subject to revolve in unison therewith are a lurality of drum members ers are employed in one capacity to facilirate the lifting of plows (not shown) cooperatively drawn by the tractor. To this end the posts 31 are equipped at their upper ends with a pair of pulleys 4-0, over which suitable cables (not shown) may be trained. These cables are adapted in this particular instance to be suitably connected with the plow frames and are trained over the pulleys 40 so as to be wound about the drum members 39. It will be seen that upon the rotation of the drum members in a specified di rection, these cables will be wrapped or wound thereabout so as to effect the elevation of the plows. These drums may be employed in many other capacities, and are particularly useful in connection with the extricating of tree stumps from the soil.

39, which mem As a matter of. fact it will be stated that the use of this tractor in connection with the extricat-ing of tree stumps forms one of The traction mechanism 41 of the tractorin this instance is of the so called eaterpillar form although ordinary driving wheels may be substituted in lieu thereof, and to impart power to this tractor mecha nism, the shaft 18 is provided with a second fixed clutch member 4-2, which member is adapted for cooperation with a sliding clutch sleeve 43 carried by a short shaft section 4-4. By drawing the sleeve t?) into coupling relation with the member 42 motion will be imparted from the drive shaft 18 to the shaft section alet, which, as will'appear hereinafter iin mrts'motion to the traction mechanism. The clutch sleeve cooperates with the clutch member 21 by means of a link t5 which is so arranged that when the drum driving mechanism out of gear the traction mechanism will be in gear and vice versa, this measure being taken to prevent the rotation of the drums when the tractor is in motion.

The shaft section 44 extends to a diiferen tial casing 46, from which extend transverse shafts T7. The ends of these latter shafts are equipped with fixed sprockets 48, from which extend transverse shafts 47. The ends of these latter shafts are equipped with fixed sprockets 48, over which are trained chains 49, leading to similar sprockets 50 carried upon the .main drive shaft 51 of the traction mechanism. It will be appreciated that the rotation of this shaft 51 effects the oper ation of the caterpillar drive in the usual manner.

As shown in Fig. 1, I provide an adjustable plow hitch 52 which in this instance consists of a shaft 53 carried by bearings depending from the rear end of the fran'ie 1. This shaft is equipped at one side with a gear 54, which meshes with a Worm 55 carried by the lower end of a shaft 56, suitably joui'naled for rotation. This gear 54 is equipped with a bracket 57 suitably apertimed to receive the connecting chains, not shown, of a plow unit. The other end of the shaft 53 is also provided with a disk 58 to which is connected another bracket '5!) employed in the same capacityas the bracket 57. It will be evident that by rotating the hand Wheel 60 of the shaft 56, that the gear 51 and the disk 58 will be rotated together and to a similar degree, so that when the plows are in the soil, their depth of operation may be controlled by the angularity of the brackets 57 and 59.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be apparent that there is provideel mechanism whereby the objects oi the present invent-ion and. other deeireble fem tures have been achieved. it will be noted. that the gearing between the drive shaft of the engine and the drum IDGIllllJGlS is such that the letter will be capable of exerting the maximum degree 03% pulling;- strengeh or a powerful rote'bive force, so that the tractor may be readily employed to remove firmly embedded tree stumps from the soil. This feature is further desirable in ell'ecting the eleveoion of eoo 'Je1"-(.:,tive plow units. If desired, the trensmissiion housing 5 may be equipped. With e. controlling lever 61 by means of which the tractor may be actuated to advance forwardly or rezirwa (11y at clifferentirates of speeds, suitable for the purpose to which it is placed. By means oi? the link connection between the clurkeii sleeve i3 the member 21 it will be impossible to rotate the drums 39 during the drum rotated. by said. gear nornml mlreiice of like t'reelzor, and insures 2: full zip )lieahoo oi power to the elmft. or iiO'tlle (lilfereir'al shafts i7. From the foregoing it is then 1 that the various few tures of the invention will be readily understood by those versed in the artand there fore a. more extended explanation has been accordingly omietezl.

I claim:

A tractor comprising a fraliie, a power unit carried thereby, e. sbzii't driven by said unit, a worm loosely illmlllilfitl upon. said shaft, 2 gear meshing with said worm, a traction mechanism eolpe'zrtivelv driven. by said shaft, and controlling means operable to impart) metion fron'i said shaft; to id drum and traction mechanism in independent end alternate relation.

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